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Show THE TTMES-NF.W- NEPJTZ. UTAH. S. SUBMARINES The Confessioes of a Gemmae 1 F Copj right by Pvtrott Tr KAISER'S TERRIBLE ENGINES OF WAR RAIN DEATH UPON THE CITIES OF BELGIUM ut Ger-mu- I Continued. 2 Put there was no time to be spent tn speculation. With fixed bayonet a we went from house to house, door to loor, und while the results were negligible because we found no soldiers we did not come out quite empty-handeWe made the Inhabitants deliver till guns und munitions nud so forth In their possession. The miiyor. accompanying the soldiers, explained to very citizen that all found with arms nfter the Henrch would he punlslied uccrirdliii; to the rules of war and Gorman rules of war in Itelglum Mount execution. An hour might have passed when we were again aroused by the Round of artillery and gunfire. A new buttle had begun. Whether the artillery was Misy ou both sides couUI not he Judged from our village. The bombardment was tremendous. The ground shook from the growling and moaning that rolled backward nud forward, always seeming to become stronger. now The ambulance columns lirought In the first wounded. Courier sped by us. War had set In in all Its phases. Larkuess came over us before we e Jiad finished our search. We dragged nil the mattresses straw sacks anil feather beds that we could lay our hands on, to the community school and church to enre for the wounded. They were made as comfortable as osslhle. From other surrounding villages now cumo the first fugitive. They may have been marching, for they looked tired and utterly rxhausted. Women, old men and children were huddled together In one mass. They liud saved nothing except their bare lives, hi bnby buggies or on wheelbarrow those unfortunate carried whatever the rude force of war had left them. In contrast to the fugitives, whom we had met before, these were extremely frightened, appearing to be In mortal terror of their enemy. Whent ever they looked one of us German soldiers they cringed la terror. How different these were from the Inhahitur.t of the village where we had first "topped, who had met us In friendly, even polite manner. We tried to learn the cause of this fright and discovered that the fugitives had witnessed In their village bitter street figh'Jtig. They had become acquainted with war bad seen their houses burning, had seen their little prnrty denlmyed and could not forget the fight of their streets filled with corpse and wounded. It dawned upon os that not merely fear gave these "ple the apoaranoe of hunted animals; there was also hatred townrd the Invaders who had fallen upon them and driven them from their homes by night. In the evening we departed and tried to reach our own regiment. The Itelglmis had Concentrated somewhere to the rear under cover of darkness. We were quite ttenr the ncighlioi ho'sl of the fort'fi.-- I city of IJege. Many ssMtlometit ihrouuh which we passed stood lit flames; t!ie Inhabitant driven .. I us In droves. Women, lit. hildrcn find old tin n w ere tuilTctt d about and etned to be everywhere tn the w nt. Without alms or plans, i'h- it a lace oil wlii- - h t lay their beads house-to-hous- he ir enj.e ly. .Scum we rem o r,U ly o'tn hd s a village, which sod Ikhj and farms, rs, iift.! n nod I'olgian. and among them (nxr.r i' titans, who had been fh'.t by to n vsr order. midnight we fenrhed the had .eri in I s. 1 h" German a vi'i!fc wbkh lay with to of Liege und WS in the fort; led v ipn!,i by the 1 ere f fees bed to be Used ill or- W - r'-l- .' t t,id 1 tgian. - !cf,-n!- r- ler t" - lrie tte out, house jr street by street. It was not erj rtrk yet. n thnt we bad to witness wi'h s,i of our wn the terrible I gtit whirfi dfvcloid ere. It was a lisn to ii'sn f.ht. With ht butts of fir po'i. k fis, teeth we went ja'nsf tb friends fimrtit with (o of rn a gifir l ic'.tn. "i"le s'ms of Ixith hud to the ground. Ttwy lieinmered l Ufi4 ..lie anothif with flfs. !h a Ispn't Hose4 an account and was going to t ITif ffletirl b; antagonlsl was of sijrfrior My friend .eKelt" SuddeTiiy In biting the tsn on the chin so deeply o,t h" fore a .ix of fi h it with his teeth. 7T terri Beiglan'i y, io m'j-- t f s ...j.. 'd !.. lt cr-m- two-jear--l-d llgln a-- rfrrh. lae hand-to-hati- 4V - j it f - '" : - '" :.r.,r f ... i it. y -- is 7- I ; . v .4 .. Played tht Searchlight on Them. mous losses. The report a we received were contradictory. It was linstssible to get clear picture. In the meantime the artillery bombardment bad loi ome pn ntene tlnit It horrified even the IJermnii ooldlera. The heaviest artillery was brought Into action t dethe steel anil coin-re- ng.-iins- fetS.. e l. b-- searchlights at their disposal on them, hunting the finiiiiment for the flying foe. The whirling of the propeller of the airships stopped suddenly. high in the nlr a brilliant light appeared, the Kcurchllght of the Zeppelin, which, for n moment. Illuminated the entire landscape. Suddenly nil became durk again. A few moments later powerful detonations revealed the fact that the Zeppelin had thrown off "ballast." That went on a long while. Explosion followed explosion. These were followed by clouds of fire. In the ulr, exploding shrapnel which the llelgluil artillery fired at the ulrshlps could be observed. The whirling of the propellers started up again, directly above our heads. It became quieter und quieter, until the powerful .ships of the air disappeared from our vicinity. Thus the forts were leveled. .Thousands of Belgians lay behind the walls nud under the fori fictitious, dead und burled. A general storming attack followed. Liege was In the hands of the (icrmaus, who had paid. In dead alone In this buttle, L'S.000 meu. I CHAPTER II. I went to to a hospital, 1 met muny more wounded men who hud fought in Belgium. All were of the opinion that the Ilelglan dead numbered us many civilians as soldiers. Kven If the dermal! soldiers who fought In P.elgluiu do not admit the cruelties committed against the. llelgluus. It cannot be denied that at least 80 per cent of the cruelties known to the world to have heeu committed In llelgiuiu were only too true. A youiij; soldier who lay next io uie in the hospital told me that bis company, during a street light In Liege, was given orders to kill everybody without discrimination. Systematically, one house after another was act ou fire. The Inhabitants either fell In the flames or became the victims In the streets to the gun barrels of the Uer-tnu- n kullur-bvarcr- At the time I doubted the words of my neighbor, even though I had seen what tjormaii warfare meant. After a few days I was released from the hospital und again restored to my detachment, partly by auto, partly by foot, I reached my detachment by ten o'clock In the evening. Our transport moved this time over Trier to Luxemburg. The little grand duchy of Luxemburg was overrun Entirely by lier-lua- n soldiers. The ioniums who had made their homes Id Luxemburg hail everything tuken away from them, especially the farmers, all food, without thought of payment, so that In Luxemburg at tlila time there was a shortage of food. The KHjple here as well as In Ilclgium were very friendly, yet thejr harttorcd a terrible bitterness against the tierman government, which had loosed Its troops like a baud of robber and murderers over their leaceful country. IVelglum and Luxemburg, the two first unhappy victim of the damnable fiermun slitlc and Ita drunkeuuesa with power! That the Luxemburg Citizens detest-- i loTtnatiy an Incident showed me which happened In the Tillage of Marmot h. We were in a friendly conversation with a Luxemburg farmer. Two officer approached and listened. One officer, a captain, asked the l.uxeiu-burge"What do you think of the war, and of the quick ness of ticrmanyt There is only one Uertr.any. isn't there?" "Yes," replied the farmer. "I hank the ltrd." "Kor thoe four words the fanner was arreted at once and transported In i.irioipiiy as a court prisoner. I coij'd never learn what cf r, Ihs-kiii- No Mildier so far knew anythlmf of the existence of the I'J cenl imeter mortars. Img after l,b-gwas lo hands theoe sohliers not linderlnnd bo- - It was that th defences, wb:el consisted of double six meter walls of steel mid concrete, were reduced after only a few him. ier-tiui- n ho-m-,: Now indeed .ple. tll.ns Conld be Seen. but 1,2 tliem-lvt- bid been Inhabited Mr;,ice ii ri.i!il clrati'-- ll ble. He released my comrnde und ran away with an Insane cry of pnln. Kverythlng developed by seconds. The blood of the Ilelglan ran out of my friend' mouth; a terrible nausea and Indcscrlhuhln loathing seized him. The tnsie of wurm human blood brought 1dm almost to the verge of Insanity. In the course of this night battle I cume in contact for the first time with the butt of a Ilelglan gun. I luring u fight with a Ilelginn, a second enemy soldier struck me on the back of the heud with the butt of his gun so hard that my helmet was forced down over my ears. The pain was fearful und 1 fainted. When I revived, I was lying In a barn, with my head bandaged, unions other wounded men. My wound was not severe. I only had a feeling as If my head was twice Its normal size. The other wounded soldiers and the ambulance men said the Itelglnns had been ftiroed back within the forts and that hard fighllng was still tn progress. Wounded men were brought In continuously nud they told us that the Cermnns had already stormed several forts und had taken a number of muln and auxiliary defenses, but could not hold them because they hud not been surtloloiitly supported ,y urtlltery. The defenses inside the forts and their garrisons were still intact. The situation was not ripe for a storming attack, so the Ccrmatis bad to retire with enor- - V'l'. SCHOONERS SUNK. d, Synopsis. The uuthor of these confessions, tin ofllcor in the pioneers' corps of tho Gorman army, a branch of the service corresponding to the engineers' corps of the United States army. Is sent Into Itclgium with the first (ionium forces Invading tliut country. Iguo-niof their domination or of the reasons for their uctious. the soldiers cross the horder and nttnck the I'.elglun soldiers defending their frontier. CHAPTER TWO PASSENGER STEAMERS, ONE STEAM TANKER AND SIX a " hours' befitiardtin-nt- . pro-j'cii- sition. Street, idewatka, houses in the town ef Neuva Chateau ara heaped with dead and woundedcivilian and soldier- - after the town is taken by the Cer. man in a hand encounter. Tht next installment tell how th German soidiers ee. ried out the orders of the.r emcee to show no merty. d lake part In these m.ef cout. I notwotind-d, but my being ojerntu, comrades fold me later how t,p capture of the aevcrnl forts came filxoif. Artillery of nil cRther was trained on th forts, but It was the 1. centimeter mortars arid the 4j which th" real work. Krom a litince the 4'2-- t cntinieter projectiles were heard to arrive, to the aeeoMijiiniinent of a forful hissing thii woindc! tike long dtaen-on- t 'rw h whi'h filled the whole Whfrever it fell, everything was destroyed within a radius if several Imiulred meters. The air pressure which the hori?g of the prolneed was so terrible ttint It foade breathing difficult for those of us who were holding the advanced poI To tnsk tfiis wlfrhis' holiday complete, the JVpjxiins appeared during the nitht to pnrticlimte in the work of The soldiers suddenly destruction. h!ird ntme their heeds Ihe whirling of propellers and the noise of th lIKe tota. The came nearer. Th-were not ijisciiverd by the enemy until they were close to the forts, which Immediately played all the Ti hK CU.NTINL-h.D- t Bright Eton Hoys. The Mhoolttoy "howler" t q'llte commonly amusing, but its very frequenit to itiske it something of cy is It Is doubtful, however. If a bore. more representative collection of the genus has ever been got together than that recently given tt the public, out of his own experience, by the vie !h provost of Eton. Ilrst there exquisite, though not absolutely ne one of the boy who explnloed that Homer was 0"t written bf Homer, bnt by ameber man of name. Then there was a dissertation on beads tn the terms thai, "A beds l very old man known as a venerable bede. fcnd aometlmew called Adam fJe." P.ut the gem of the whole eoPer1lia was undoubtedly the definition of a vacuum as "the place where the pope lives." After this to le told that gravity Is "a limit of ten mile an hoar" la In the nature of aa the-asrn-e antl-cllma- x. WAR COUNCIL LAUDS ELEVEN U. S. SHIPS Written by a Prussian Officer Who Participated in the Ravaging and Pillaging of Belgium Pmm SINK AMERICAN FORGES COMPLETE CONFIDENCE NOW FINAL VICTORY OVER THE IN HUN HORDES. German Begin Attack off Transportation of U. S. Troops to Jersey Coast which Brings the War Battle Front Declared by Supremo Closer to the People of War Council to Make Impossible America. Victory for Germans. New York. The unrestricted subninrluo warfare of the Hun has been brought overseas, imd the have tuken their first toll of American, shipping on this ldo of the Atlantic. Keports received on June 3 Indicate thut two coastwise pussenger steamers, one steam tanker and six schooners have been sent to the bottom by No loss of the Ceruian life has been reported, however, us the raiders apparently lire not operating on the "spurlos versenkt" busls. The vessels knowu or believed to have been sunk are: Curolluu, plying between I'orto Uleo und New York. Curried --"JO passengers and 120 la crew. City of Columbus, plying between Stivunnuh und New York. u sieaiuslilp of IStil) tons, bound from Newart News to Providence, with curgo of oil. Herbert L. Pratt, oil tanker, sunk off Cupe Ilou-lope- The following schooners are known to have been sunk; Kdwurd II. Cole, In ballast, crew of eleven, lluttle to Putin, bound from Kockland II. Isabella Charleston, lit ballast, Wiley, In ballast, crew of eight. Jacob M. Haskell, bound from Host on to Norfolk, crew of eleven. Schooner Kiluti, bound to Santiago, Cuba, with oil. Hauppnugc. Texcl. The crews of the Jacob M. Haskell, the Isubell H, Wiley and the Haui-puug- e nre still missing, as are nil on board the steamers Caroline and City of Columbus. Naval officers nt Norfolk, Va., ray their reports Indicated five German submarines had been operating along the Atlantic const, and that two hud been sighted off the Virginia capes. Hear Admiral Fletcher, commandant of the Norfolk navy yard, said two had been sighted off the Virginia capes, and Hear Admiral McLean, commandant of the fifth naval district, said. In addition to these, two others were rcportd off the coast of New Jersey and one off the coast of North Carolina. Neither officer lind been advised of nny engagement between American warships and the Iteports brought ashore by the Indicated that the Wlnneconnle ami nearly all the' aohootior were sunk which had been by the same lurking in the path of shipping off the New Jersey const and the Helaware cntc since late Inst month. The storbf toid by the sklpsrs of the schooners Indlrnted that the commander of the submersible mt unusually humane for a German submarine officer. In no Instance, so far as known, was a t shelled and In all cases reported the crews were given opportunity to escapsj or were taken elwnrd the sub marine, where some of then, were kept prisoner for eight days before they were turned- - adrift to be picked tip by a passing vessel. Scores of United States warships were ranging the waters off the north Atlantic coast In search of the Gorman submarine which made their attack on American shipping la home water late Monday afternoon. While Ihe detalts of naval operation were withheld. It Is known that destroyer, fleets of submarine chasers and other vessel are flashing their searchlight tonight over the water along the coast and far out at sea from Maine to. Horid. and airplane arowe Hydroalrplane like flocks of huge bird from every naval station along the Atlantic const when the warning was flashed to them and sMin were oiiting over the waters submarine would where It Is be tiiot likely to be lurking. Foreign aviator and American student, a well as American flyers, eagerly volunteered for vrvlce. Hovering for two day over the s.a where the American tanker William had been sunk by a German submarine, a flotilla of destroyer and two seaplane finally succeeded tn capturing the U !.oat. according to ntival officers, survivors of the disaster, who landed Monday at an Alls njie port. mile about the The sea pot where the fatal Mow stni'k the Tanker was closely by destroyer and their accomtmnvitig w"p!rie. At lnt the submarine, which had stayed belnie the Mrfce so long that It air tanks hd become evhntiMed rose to the surface and was netted. anr-vlvo- rs life-boa- long-exiecte- d er fr London. Tho supreme war council, which has had under advisement the entire war situation, bus expressed In an offlclitl statement, made public June 4, full confidence In the out coma of tho war, with the aid of the American forces. Complete confidence In General Foch also 1h expressed and tribute Is pnld to President Wilson for his In the work of transporting and brigading American troops. After a review of the whole position, the supreme wur council is convinced that the allies, bearing the trlnls of the forthcoming ordeal with the game fortitude they have ever exhibited In defense of the right, will bufflo the enemy's purpose and In dim course e bring him to defeat. Everything Is being done to sustain and the armies in the Held. Thanks to the prompt and cordial of tho president of the United Stales, the arrangements which were net on foot more than two months ago for the transportation and brigading of American Insips will make It Impossible for the enemy to guln victory by wearing out the allied reserve before he bus exhausted his own. The supreme war council is confident of the ultlmute result and the allied people are resolute not to sacrifice u single one of the free nations of the world to the desMitiKiii of lterlin. Their armies are displaying the same stead fast courage which has enabled them on muny previous occasions to defeat l Gorman onset. They have only to en dure with faith und putlou.ee to the end to make victory for freedom secure. pos-Klhl- rt sui-po- DRIVE BROUGHT TO HALT. Berlin Admits That Allies Have Fought Germans to Standstill. Washington. Virtual admission that Ihe tliLrd German drive In the west has been brought to a halt was seen hero In Tuesday's official statement from Perlln. The brief announcement, without claim of udvnnces, served to convince officers that for the present at least General Foch has fought the enemy to a standstill with out the loss of any point of strategic value nud without serious Inronds on his reserve. American troop 'aided n llie fighting. Presumably they are part of General Pershing's main unit originally posted farther to the north. It may be, however, that they are a part of the reinforcement that have been rushed over since the German high command determined to force the war to a conclusion in the hope that a decisive victory could be won before the American army arrived In Fraticv. lo-r- e OPPOSES LIQUOR RESTRICTION. Hoover Against Plan to Stop Manufacture of Beer and n. Food Administrator Hoover has come out flatly In opposition to the Randall prohibition amend ment to the agricultural appropriation Mil, designed to stop the manufacture of beer and wine. The entire matter ha been referred to him by the president and his decision make It certain the senate will refuse to adopt the measure. New York Prepares for Raids. With huge German sub marine lurkln? off the const, the po. sibility that they may carry hydro-airplanfrom which bomb can be dropped in New York, was given grim PoMce Commissioner Pre meaning right on Tuesday when he ninde formal announcement of the signal which will be sounded in case of enemy nlr raids. New York. e UTAH STATE NEWS Utah Is called upon to furnish O.VI men for military purposes during June. The municipal market at Salt Luko was formally thrown open to t lie public on Juno 1. Two Suit Lake youths convicted of stealing from a wur garden were llnetl $25 each, and warned thut a second offense would menu a reform school sentence. of the board of county commissioners in the effort to conserve cotton goods Is urged In u letter from W. F. Jensen, commissioner of cominerclul economy for Utah. With an Improvised eutapult, about forty youngsters totally destroyed an unoccupied brick house In Salt Lake s of the gunx City. The wlll be culled before the Juvenile court. Thomas Horn, (55 yeurs of age, a minor, was fatally injured by a explosion at the United Prout montory Mining Compuny'g prJ-rtPromontory Point. George A.vloni, a son, was slightly Injured. Keen use his folks cull him a slacker, and for various other reasons which appear to him sufficient, ltobert A. Thomas, a cook, who lives at Salt Luke has demanded that he he admitted to tho inllltiiry service of the United Stutes us a cook. A reword of $10 for Information lending to the arrest and conviction of any person who steals from, trespasses on or In any way damages a war garden, litis been offered by tho city committee on agriculture ond food production ut Salt Luke. Within a few duys of a year from the time It wus mailed from Ogdeti, the registration record of Wliuier Johu May, serving us a missionary for the Mormon church at Auckland, New .oaljind, has Just been received by the county exemption hoard. Iuin Weggoluiid, Utah's veteran artist, known for generations us the father of art In the state, died at' Salt Luke, June , Ht the uge of ill yours. Although his health had been declining during the past year, his mind was alert and clear to the end. The officers of the company to which Raymond F. Crow. U. S. murine killed in France, belonged, hnve aent letters to Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Crow, tho parents, 'at Salt Lake Clly, giving an account of the brave maimer in which he fueed death for his country. Twenty full miles were covered by the Utah boys at Camp Kearny In less than seven hours' marching time and reeordt. show that this Is the longest march made In one day by units of the' division, although practically nil of them huve now completed their hikes. As an uclio of the disaster of last fall when Hurry Krupp's automobile tore Into a safety tone at Salt Lake, Injuring severnl persons. Miss Kvelyn Foster has tiled suit against Krupp. asking for JlO.faiO damages, plus $lisl to cover physician's fee and hospital ring-lender- bill. I that she was on her way to Join friends at Siicremento and that the only way she could get there was by "lieallng her way," Mr. A. C. Stevens, 30 years of age, was taken Into custody at the Southern Pmific freight yard at Ogden and booked as a vagrant. Alt German alien female In Utah are to be registered June 17 to '22. A female subject of Germany who has not become naturalized through marriage, remains a Gorman alien, and I required to register, even though she has declared her Intention of taking out first paper. Pursuing Ms policy of eradicating tuberculosis among cattle in Utah, Ir. It. W. Hoggan, state livestock Inspector, is prosecuting an energetic campaign In the southern count lea. He will soon make another tour of In spection In Ihe southern and central pans of the state. With a promise of a bounteous har vest In Salt Lake county, yet owing to the mild, pleasant winter and the Increase in Insect last season, all Indication point to a considerable damage, whleh is being done and will continue to be done by Inserts and throughout the season. ledge day for War Having stamps tins been lived for June 2H. On that dale Inroctor Goon.- - T. Odell of tho war snvirik's commission for Utah to telegraph Frank A. Vander- lip. chairman of the national war ha fc.;.1e commission, that away over ihe top in It campaign. (ah bn been asked to subscribe f:i.(m.ii.(iO t War Savings Stamps. and or this amount 1.SI.""1 has been siiliscrilusl for. This leaven $H.ii.t to be sold. While Ihe million dollar worth disjHwed of ha required five months. It has Iwen determine! to sell Ihe remaining H.l0,tO in the current month. Struck by an automobile driven at a high spevd as she was Hearing her home at Salt Lake, Mrs. Margaret Henderson, wife of Herman Henderson, a soldier In the national army al Camp Wash., wrs killed, and her companion, John Gilroy. sn old friend of the family, received numerous body biiiw. Since the Issue of the drastic ruling on May a number of men em ployed a waiter In hotel and restaurant in Utah have quit their Job to k employment which the detrtment cannot take exception to. Nome have gone to work In the smelters, while other have taken employment on railroads. In response to sn Imrwralive call for thousand of additions! nurse for service In the army, the pod Cross of Utah ha, throtigh the Slate Nurse" assoa campaign to supply ciation, orf-newithout delay Its share of the n US lib required to fill demand. ex-p-- ts Treaty vith England Extended. The arbitration treaty Washington between the United Stn'es and Grout -- llrilaln. originally made In KSH for a period of five year and once renewed, ha been extended another five year by Secretary I'ni-i- n and Lord Heading. "My Battle," tendon. from Pome A Wire- sy: Ksiser. trsPre. - The irieag Genic-- fenive ws nndert.ikcn at th sive desire of the ksi r. w ho .wold hi renerala: This Is my battle." to Prince Kil!:d In Action. Utahn rail Dead In Field. Washington. A diplomatic distch from Switzerland sny that Prince von J'pringville, I'tsli. Jam" 11. Iow-dena prominent farmer of fhl P.uchati. th commnndine gtmersl of a place, fell dead wMIe working In a Pavsrlnn division, hs been killed r the fighting on Ihe M.irne. Celd near here Monday. Kair Meets Submarine, Tolerate Shakespeare. An Atlantic Port Th The CJerrnan emperor Mailory a patron of arts, has ordered the liner Sabin, from Tampa to Jew York, production of a great "national ednc.-tion- with forty passenger, came la hers of th works of Shakespeare, Tuesday and feiiorted that sti met a whom th German pmfe to regard submarine between Charleston and a more (ierman than Knglish. Frjlngpan sTioal lightship. Amsterdiifri. " President of Panama Dead. Republican Content Victor. Tanama. In. Itsmon VaMex, pre1-1n- t Washington. The house en Jnne 4 of the Itej.fihlje of Panama, died dj.jMH.e-- of an lows election contest tune 3. I tr. Valdcz apparently was In cae by deciding that Thorns C. Scott rood health jiif prior t Ms death of the Plerenth low district, pepnS-llcan- . shall retain Ms seat arsinst T. nd it I fhonght that probably he was J. Steele, the Ietmcrtlc trivkefl with ctfeint. ijs 2-- |